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Jon Stewart And Ezra Klein Help GOP Paint Infrastructure Bill Broadband Grants As A Useless Boondoggle

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We’ve long noted how the 2021 infrastructure bill included $42.5 billion for broadband dubbed the Broadband, Equity, Access And Deployment (BEAD) program. Managed by the NTIA and individual states, we’ve also noted how this money has taken a long time to get to the states for some good reasons. Namely they wanted to avoid the massive fraud and abuse that plagued earlier FCC programs (the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund) mismanaged by the Trump ad…

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'I'm Speechless': Stewart Shocked By How Biden's Build Back Better Failed

New York Times columnist Ezra Klein’s quest to get his fellow liberals to ditch their love for bureaucratic red tape took him to Comedy Central’s The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart on Thursday, where he presented Stewart with the Biden Administration’s Byzantine 14-point plan on how to improve rural broadband service. After several minutes and multiple F-bombs, all Stewart could do was declare, “I'm speechless.” Stewart’s descent into finding out …

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Jon Stewart And Ezra Klein Help GOP Paint Infrastructure Bill Broadband Grants As A Useless Boondoggle

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Jessica Dine: So You Want BEAD to Be Tech Neutral?

America’s $42.5 billion investment in universal broadband internet access may be on track for a major overhaul. Three years into its meticulous planning and implementation process, and with significant progress already made, the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program may pivot from prioritizing fiber to satellite connectivity. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick is reportedly heeding Republican clarion calls for “tech neutrality” and …

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PA Rep Introduces Bill to Reclassify Broadband Infrastructure Workers - Inside Towers

Pennsylvania State Rep. Tina Pickett (R) introduced a measure that would require the state Department of Labor and Industry to classify broadband infrastructure workers as “teledata employees” instead of “electric linemen.” The reclassification would reduce the salaries and benefits collected by broadband workers under prevailing wage law, freeing federal broadband expansion funding to be used for other purposes, according to NorthcentralPA.com.…

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Biden-Era Official Blasts 'Misleading' Video Blaming Democrats for Lengthy BEAD Process

Bharat Ramamurti, National Economic Council deputy director during part of the Biden administration, criticized X owner Elon Musk on Friday for "amplifying" a "deeply misleading clip" of New York Times' Ezra Klein blaming Democrats for NTIA's evaluation process for state-level...

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